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    Chili Cookoff at The Craft Emporium — steaming bowls of chili and craft beer
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    🌶️ Chili Cookoff

    Warm up. Compete. Crown a champion.

    Every year we turn the Emporium into Bellefontaine's most competitive kitchen. Local cooks bring their best recipes, the community votes, and someone goes home with the title. If you have not been, this is the one event you do not want to miss.

    Thursday, March 19, 2026

    5 PM – 8 PM

    The Craft Emporium

    Bellefontaine, OH

    Competition

    Bring your best chili

    Think your chili's the best in Bellefontaine? Prove it. Bring your best pot to compete, or just come hungry to taste and vote. Warm up with a bowl and a craft beer — it's the perfect way to close out winter.

    Here is how it works

    1

    Competitors: Bring a pot of your best chili by 5 PM

    2

    Tasters: Sample every entry and vote for your favorite

    3

    Pair it: Grab a craft beer to go with every bowl

    4

    Winner: Crowned Bellefontaine's best chili maker

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